Inshirahone small thing, well groundedRight now

Areas › Focus, starting, and ADHD

Focus, starting, and ADHD

Most advice about focus is written for a brain that starts easily. This area is not. It covers what ADHD actually is, how to make a start when starting is the hard part, how to bring a future consequence close enough to feel, and how to stop paying for it in shame.

Narrowed down

2 practices
Reading, numbers and learning differences remove filterA minute remove filterClear all
Theme · Reading, numbers and learning differences
Medication and how it works 25Systems for daily life 24Bringing the future closer 22Get started 20Your sense of time 17Structure and routine 16Feelings and focus 12Getting assessed and diagnosed 11Exercise, food and other supports 9What ADHD actually is 8Treatment and medication 8Screens and attention 7Remembering to do it 7Shame and stigma 6Self-compassion 4Reading, numbers and learning differences 2Get it out of your head 1
How long you have · A minute
A minute 2Five minutes 15Twenty minutes 14Longer 3

You can screen for a processing difficulty with no test at all. Just notice, in ordinary conversation, whether the child is answering what you actually said.

A child who drifts off topic, answers a slightly different question, or needs things said twice may not be avoiding you or daydreaming. The words may…

A minuteReading, numbers and learning differencesCoreQur’an 20:28

Behaviour is usually the visible end of a skill that has not been built. What you are watching in a classroom is the shape of the difficulty rather than the shape of the child.

It is a single sentence you can say in a meeting, and it tends to move the conversation away from what to do about the behaviour towards what the…

A minuteReading, numbers and learning differencesCoreQur’an 17:84